NEUMONIA: FACTORES DE RIESGO Y COMPLICACIONES EN MENORES DE 5 AÑOS, SALA DE PEDIATRIA, HOSPITAL Dr. VERDI CEVALLOS BALDA” PORTOVIEJO, 2002 – 2003

Abstract

In the area of paediatrics of the Hospital Verdi Cevallos Balda of Portoviejo, I out a descriptive-retrospective study was carried out with the objective of determining the factors of risk and complications of the pneumonia in children younger than 5 years of age. By means of a record general data on the patient like: names and last first , age, sex and weight. They also took into account risk factors like contagious diseases, lnutrition, climatic variations; the complications like recurrent chronicity, pleural discharge, sepsis.and death to later codify then process them manually by means of a computer with the help of the Excel program. Being captured the results in table graphs in which descriptive statistics is used: the percentage for their validation, the following results wre obtained: the highest risk-factor was forund to contagions disease, and the common cold had the highest incidence. Concluding that in spite of the AIEPI strategy, the incidence of this pathology has not diminished, it is recommended impelling primary health –care, by means promoting community education.